We performed a comparison between OPNsense and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Anti-Spam web content filterinG."
"The product offers very good security."
"The CLI and GUI do a good job of putting a lot at your fingertips."
"Good performance, stability, and virtual domain ability."
"The dashboard I have found the most valuable in Fortinet FortiGate."
"The threat prevention is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"It's inexpensive compared to some of the other technology out there."
"It's user-friendly and easy to operate."
"What I like the most about OPNsense is that it offers an easy-to-use dashboard for device management and control."
"URL blocking, Wireguard, Tail Scale, Engine Blocker, and VPN are the most valuable features for me."
"The initial implementation process is simple."
"The VPN server feature is the most valuable. It is integrated with Radius and AAA for doing accounting and authentication. Insight view is also an important feature for me at this time. It allows me to assess our network traffic. I also like the firewall feature. The BSD kernel has a packet filter. It is one of the most solid frameworks for firewalls. Its user interface is one of the best interfaces I have used."
"The most valuable features in OPNsense are reporting and visibility."
"The solution is good for a basic firewall for a small business or for home use."
"It has firewall and VPN capabilities, which are very valuable features."
"One of the most valuable features is the network checking. Additionally, the firewall and web filtering functionalities are highly useful."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the zero-trust security architecture."
"The interface with Panorama makes it very easy to use."
"We have reduced the number of configuration lines by 90%. We need fewer number of admins right now because of it."
"The most valuable features are the User ID, URL filtering, and application filtering."
"Using Palo Alto Networks Panorama, we were able to deploy a single point of management and visualization of the firewall infrastructure in cloud, on-premise and integrated with Azure to automate scale up. Its security features, i.e. anti-malware, threat prevention, URL Filtering, VPN, and antivirus are the most valuable. The ID-User integrated with AD and 2FA features are also very useful to provide secure access to servers and some users in the company. "
"The Palo Alto VM-Series is nice because I can move the firewalls easily."
"The most valuable feature is that you can launch it in a very short time. You don't have to wait for the hardware to arrive and get it staged and installed. From that perspective, it is easy to launch. It is also scalable."
"The VM-Series scalability is fast and easy to implement, improving our security posture as our Azure network grows."
"It needs more available central management."
"The pricing could be a bit better, especially when you consider how they have the most basic offering priced."
"Technical support is good but the response time could be faster."
"With the reports, you can see it, and you can get good feelings so upper management can go, "Oh, wow. That looks pretty." However, it's very basic."
"As far as wanting more scalability or things in the network diagram, it's going to cost you."
"When we cluster the two Fortinet FortiGate boxes together we have some issues."
"They need to improve their technical support."
"The monitor and the visibility, in this proxy, is very weak."
"The support for OPNsense is good because we have documents available on the internet. The support could improve a little."
"The interface of the solution is an area with shortcomings."
"Its interface should be a little bit better."
"I would like to see better SD-WAN performance."
"While they do have paid options that actually gives better features, for most of the clients, if they tend to take a paid option will instead opt for Fortinet."
"You will need additional training before you can actually start to use it."
"OPNsense could improve by making the configuration more web-based rather than shell or command-line-based."
"In terms of improvement, the performance could be enhanced."
"The disadvantage with Palo Alto is that they don't have a cloud-based solution that includes a secure web gateway."
"It'll help if Palo Alto Networks provided better documentation."
"People are less aware of Palo Alto."
"The user interface could use some improvement."
"They made only a halfhearted attempt to put in DLP (Data Loss Prevention)."
"With Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, it is hard for me to manage its network configuration part."
"There's room for improvement in terms of integration with the load balancer. It isn't like Fortinet, which has a load balancer built into its firewall. It is effortless to integrate within the load balancer-plus-firewall solution."
"The command-line interface is something that some people struggle with and I think that they should have an option to go straight to the GUI."
OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 10th in Firewalls with 53 reviews. OPNsense is rated 8.4, while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of OPNsense writes "Robust network security and management offering a user-friendly interface, open-source flexibility, and cost-effectiveness, with challenges regarding initial setup and the absence of official support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series writes "Many features are optimized for troubleshooting real-time scenarios, saving a lot of time". OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and IPFire, whereas Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Juniper SRX Series Firewall. See our OPNsense vs. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series report.
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